Nuclide reference

La-140 — Lanthanum-140

La-140 की half-life 1.6785 d है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Ce-140 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Lanthanum (La)
Atomic number Z
57
Mass number A
140
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.6785 d
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
2.056e+16 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.4 TBq / 0.4 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.03 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Ce-140 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
1,596.2195.4
487.02145.51
815.77223.28
328.76220.32
925.1896.897
867.8465.505
751.6374.331
2,521.43.463
432.4932.9
919.552.662

Lines of the bare nuclide (ENDF/B-VIII.0), without daughter ingrowth.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max1,350.243.9
1,678.920.2
1,240.811.05
2,1665.9

For β⁻ the endpoint (maximum) energy of the spectrum is given. ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Related calculators

Reference data vs computed valuesHalf-life, gamma lines and D-value are reference data (ENDF/B-VIII.0, НП-067-24).Gamma constant Γ 1 m पर H*(10) है, ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) से गणना की गई, equilibrium में short-lived progeny सहित (जैसे Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity molar mass M ≈ mass number A का उपयोग करती है।

Lanthanum-140 (La-140) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide La-140 in one place: half-life, decay modes, main gamma lines, alpha and beta particle energies, gamma constant, specific activity and the D-value for source categorization. Decay and emission data are from ENDF/B-VIII.0; the D-value follows NP-067-24; the gamma constant is the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at 1 m, computed from ICRP-107 spectra.

How to use the data

Half-life and specific activity let you recalculate the activity of a La-140 source to the delivery or disposal date — use the decay calculator. Gamma lines with yields identify the nuclide from a spectrum and pick the line for gamma spectrometry; the gamma constant Γ gives the dose rate at a distance, while the D-value and A1/A2 set the source category and the package type for transport.